Young scholars explore early attempts at written language. In this early civilizations instructional activity, students investigate first attempts at written communication. Among the civilizations covered are Mayan, Greek, and Egyptian.

Students explore holidays by participating in class singing activities. In this Thanksgiving history lesson plan, students discuss the importance of Thanksgiving Day and read several poems which discuss the history of Thanksgiving....

Students examine the Chinese culture. They discuss the Chinese zodiac, identify their animal on the zodiac, listen to a Chinese folktale, and write an essay reflection on the Chinese zodiac or Chinese culture.

Fourth graders are introduced to historic roads and trails leading to Indiana, running through Indiana, and beyond.

Young scholars examine patterning in Chinese and Japanese artwork prior to creating their own tessellations using styrofoam plates in this creative cross-curricular lesson for upper-elementary/middle level classrooms.

Students use assorted drawing materials and sheets from a cow shaped pad to create a unique, bright, colorful cows.

Students research the basics of Parliament and the government by using an internet site which has Dory the fish meeting different people involved in the parliment.

Students participate in a virtual field trip to Lake Superior. In groups, they perform experiments in which test the level of toxins and bacteria in the water. They also watch video segments life in the lake and discuss their observations.

High schoolers explore different perspectives dealing with race and politics.

Seventh graders role play the position of someone in one of six different civilization groups. They research the group's development, advancement and fall of their civilization. They create a presentation to share the information with...

Young scholars make and test hypotheses about atmospheric data collected aboard the NOAA ship Ronald H. Brown research cruise.

Students share with the class what they want to be when they grow up. As a class, they identify what they want to be for Halloween as well. They are videotaped stating their dream and photographed with their mask. Using the masks, they...

In this ancient Egypt activity, students read about bartering in the marketplace. Students find the value of 4 items and draw the things you could barter them for.

Learners create decorative objects and discuss their importance in form and function. In this art history lesson, students discuss Chinese porcelain objects with mounts later added by the Chinese. Learners recreate an example of this art...

Students relate emotional health and well-being to personal productivity and to the workplace design, implement, assess, and evaluate a plan to promote personal, school, and community well-being

Pupils explore and research the history of Native Americans in North America.

Students use documents in the National Archives of the United States to evaluate the effectiveness of D-Day.

Students correctly identify examples of everyday clothing and special occasion clothing worn in Africa. Students will classify clothing as that used for everyday or special occasion.

Students talk about flags from different countries and how during the olympics they can see flags from many different countries.

Students make an observe a planetarium using a can with nail holes, black paper and a flashlight.

Learners work together to create mobiles with different polygons. They research the polygon and list its characteristics. They may present to the class if they chose to.

Young scholars observe the daily motions of the sun and relate them to the functions of a sundial. They determine the locations of sunrises and sunsets and determine how the elevation of the sun effects temperature.

Second graders rotate as the person to enter the information of sunrise and sunset into a spreadsheet. The teacher also demonstrates how to convert the spreadsheet into a chart.